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Chair Katie Nolan postpones review of the election commission manual until after the election
Summary
Chair Katie Nolan postponed consideration of changes to the commission's manual after staff said workload and absent members made review impractical before the election; staff recommended compiling edits into track changes and moving the item to unfinished business.
Chair Katie Nolan said the commission would postpone review of the election commission manual until after the upcoming election after staff told the commission they lacked capacity and two members were absent.
“I'm really uncomfortable doing this without the other two — short handed,” Katie Nolan said, noting she preferred to have the full membership present for substantive edits. Staff recommended that commissioners send identified changes so they can be incorporated into a tracked-changes version and placed on the agenda as unfinished business at the next full meeting.
One commissioner, Ralph Dwyer, said he had not yet reviewed the guide and asked for a schedule. Staff said they were managing competing priorities toward the election, including temporary-address work, and requested that the manual review be postponed until after April. The chair stated she would postpone the item until the main meeting and asked staff to send more frequent meeting reminders to improve attendance.
The postponement was handled by the chair as a scheduling decision during the work session rather than as a formal motion or vote. Commissioners who want to propose edits were instructed to submit them so staff can prepare track changes and the item can be discussed and voted on at a future meeting.
